THE REPORTER . Quite a sensation was created at the beginning of this college term by the appearance upon the uncertain field of college journalism of the Reporter , a tri-weekly sheet published four times during the campaign , by a stock company of twenty-five , and issued for the avowed purpose of awakening more completely in the minds of students the value of having a press at the University , and to show what the students could do towards printing a paper when they had the opportunity . W . S . Chase , Managing Editor ; J . J . Crawley , Political Editor ; and H . F . Baker and J . H . Parks , Local Editors , composed the Editorial staff- —enough as to numbers to run a metropolitan daily . The entire mechanical work was done by students Mann , Chase , Baker , and Parks , they renting the use of the Champaign Union type and press . It was strictly a campaign sheet , and gave its undivided support to the Reporter ticket , and , in the end had the satisfaction . of seeing twenty-tw...

BUBBLES . Prosecuting Eternity is the new word for Prosecuting Attorney . Governmental Chuck-hole is the new name for the Senatorial archives . When a train goes like thunder must we call it a lightning express ? Ask the class in Metaphysics . Looking at the ellipse through a transom is the way a Junior got Looking at the eclipse through a transit . • DIED . —On the 17 th of September 1874 , ( exact | hour of the day unknown , as the signs of life were so feeble for three months previous that riot a single member of the class of 75 could detect the said sign ) Senior Sycamore , the pride of the class of 74 . The funeral will take place at his late residence near the New University as soon as the family can be heard from . The class of 75 will act as pall-bearers . All friends of the deceased are coi-diall y invited to be present . Twas sad indeed to see this promising (?) youth left to die alone , not one of the relatives being present when he expired . But thus , one by one , the c...

SALUTATORY . Here we are at last . After so long a vacation we are glad to meet our old friends again .. We hope you enjoyed your rest as much as we did ; , but now we have come back into our old places , with our editorial vacancies all filled , we shall . go to work right merrily . At the beginning of this year THE ILLINI does not appear in a new style of dress as has been customary heretofore , yet we flatter ourselves that we have done something better than to make a mere change in external appearance . Although this remains the same , we have cut , fit , and made the dress ourselves . Is not that a long step in advance of anything we have done before ? Just think of it ! Give us your hand and rejoice with us . THE ILLINI , published and printed at THE ILLINI OFFICE , located in the northwest tower , of the Mechanical Building of the Illinois Industrial University ! Yes , our own students now do all the work on the paper and receive the money which formerly went into the pockets...

THE NOVELISTS OF AMERICA . BY C . O . SC . UDDER . . ¦ / / ¦ ! ¦ ¦ . ¦ Within the limits of an essay of this character we can hope to . present but a few of the more prominent authors who have left their names upon the glowing-record book of our national literature . We shall divide the time into three epochs , viz , The Revolution-. .. ary period . From 1830 to 1850 . From 18 5010 the present time . In American history , novels appeared later than poems and ¦ works : of travel ; even satire had flourished a long time in verse beforeit assumed the form of prose burlesque narrative . There is no . doubt ; that the stern Puritanic doctrines extant at that period were unfavorable to the development of this style of writing . It was not until after the Revolution , about 1792 , that the first noteworthy American novel was published in the Columbia Magazine . It was entitled The Foresters of America , and was written by Jeremy Belknap . The Foresters were personifications of the leading ...

As a matter of interest to . all friends of THE ILLINI , both in the University and elsewhere ; we think it well to give a short statement of the manner in which our new press was obtained . At the close of the last school year the Senate appointed a new executive committee to publish the first number of THE ILLINI at the opening of the present school year . Mr . James Faulkner Was made chairman of that committee , and as he remained at the University during the vacatiohj a great part of the work necessarily devolved upon him . On calculating the cost for the current year , he Was startled by its magnitude . He thought students ought to receive the benefit of this money and consulted various persons on the feasibility of buying a press . He received little encouragement , but , with his characteristic , energy , he boldly declared We will have a press . He prepared and presented to the Trustees at their meeting in September an address setting forth the claims and needs of the paper ...